Multiple hose reel



June 20, 1933. N. A. TORNBLOM MULTIPLE HOSE REEL 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledOct. 17, 1931 June 20, 1933.

N. A. TORNBLOM MULTIPLE HOSE REEL Filed Oct. 17, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented June 20, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NILS A. TORNBLOH, OICHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO APPLETOH ELECTRIC.

' COMPANY, A CORPORATION 'OE ILLINOIS uunrrrnn nosr: am.

Application filed October 17, 1981. Serial No. 588,881.

' The present invention has for its object to produce a simple, compactand reliable reel structureon which may be wound and from which may beaid out two separate lengths of hose oi exible conduits, each adapted tobe wound up or unwound independently of the other and each having asimple and novelconnection with a supplypipe.

0 The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterizedwill hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claim; but,for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects andadvantages,

reference may be had to the following detailed descriptiontaken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is what may be termed a rear view of one of my improved devicesor machines; Fig. 2 is a side view; Fig. 3 is a cen- 3 ner of the frameand being held against rotation therein by a set screw 3. Mounted on androtatable about the shaft independently of each other, on opposite sidesof the frame,

5 are two reels 4 and 5. Each reel is preferably mounted on a pair ofball bearings 6 and 7.

The second corner of the, triangular frame projects above the reels andhas an opening 8 extending therethrough to permit the structure as awhole to be hung up or suspended from a suitable support. The thirdcorner of the frame extends forwardly beyond the front side of the reelsand is there provided with a pair of brackets 9 and 10, each containinga nest of rollers 11. These rollers are so disposed that those of eachgroup or nest surround a central opening lying in front of one ofthereels and adapted to permit the passage of a hose wound on thecorresponding reel and provide an anti-friction guide therefor.

On each reel is wound a hose, these being indicated, at 12 and 13; thehose 12, for example, being adapted to deliver paint and the hose 13being adapted to carry compressed air to be utilized in a suitable spraynozzle, not shown, to spra the paint.

On the upper en of the supporting frame through hubs 18 and 19 on theouter-most ends of the reels, in alignment with and beyond the ends ofthe support shaft. Each hub has-therein a passage 20 communicating withthe adjacent end of the corresponding hose.

In the outer end of each hub is a large, deep,

central bore 21 communicating with the passage 20 by means of a shortpassage 22 coaxial with the hub. Into each bore 21 extends a sleeve 23having on the inner end an annular flange 24 of the same diameter as thebore. Between the inner end of the sleeve, including the flange thereon,and the flat bottom of the bore. or pocket 21, is a disk 25 of lead orthe like, preferably interlocked with the sleeve so as to be rotatabletherewith. Surrounding the sleeve, outwardl from the flange, but incontact with the ange, is a suitable packing 26,. preferably a metallicpacking. This packing is engaged by a follower 27 surrounding the sleeveand pressed inwardly by a nut or gland 28 screwed upon the hub. Theconduit, 16 or 17, as the case may be, is screwed into the outer end ofthe sleeve 23. As the reels revolve,the sleeves 23 remain stationary, sothat the sup 1y con-, duits may be said to be connecte to the deliveryconduits through swivel joints which remain tight to prevent the escapeof fluids while permitting the delivery conduits to be wound andunwound.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a compound reel-that is simpleand compact in which there is a single plam shaft, an

which permits the conduit thereon to be supplied with fluids fromstationary conduits through simple and reliable swivel oints or thereels themselves; the reels proper being su ported on ball bearings sothat very little eff drt is required to turn them to wind up and unwindthe conduits carried thereby.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a singlepreferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to theexact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend tocover all forms and arrangements which come within the definitions of myinvention constituting the ap nded claim.

claim:

In combination, a horizontal shaft, two reels arranged side by side onthe shaft near and rotatable independently of each other, a hangerextending down from above the reels between the same to the shaft andengaging the shaft to support the same, a hose wound on each reel,supply conduits, a swivel connection between the hose on each reel andthe corresponding supply conduit, a member fixed to the hanger andprojecting forwardly therefrom to a point below the top of and outwardlyfrom the reels, and a guide for each hose on the outer end of saidmember.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

N ILS A. TORNBLOM.

